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A Week of Noticing

May 10, 2019 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Here are some things I loved this week.

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A Week of Noticing

May 3, 2019 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Here are some things I loved this week.

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A Week of Noticing

April 26, 2019 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Here are some things I loved this week.

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A Week of Noticing

April 19, 2019 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Here are some things I loved this week for all five senses.

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An Evening with… Gretchen Rubin

April 18, 2019 by Rayna Diane Hennen

An enjoyable evening & two good pieces of advice for those thinking about a career change.

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What Occurred to Me When Pruning My Azalea

May 26, 2018 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Top of a large pink azalea bush in bloom

I didn’t have a blog post in mind when I decided to tackle my forlorn azalea bush but I don’t argue when the content comes of it’s own accord.

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Painting: All because of a little catalog scrap…

April 23, 2016 by Rayna Diane Hennen

I love learning how other artists work, see their process unfold. I love all processes really – I love that show on the Discovery Channel How it’s Made. What I am learning to do now, besides paint, is learn to enjoy my own process, even though I don’t know what that this completely. The work of getting the greens right the first time and then redoing it the second time

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Painting Progress

August 6, 2015 by Rayna Diane Hennen

I realize I don’t really care much for being a beginner! I just want to already know how to do something, not fight my way through making things that don’t look like they did in my head or make the mistakes. Please know I am shaking my head at myself as I write this, somewhat chagrined and chuckling. I’m sure there are people out there who revel in the beginning

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A Wreath of Possibilities…

January 27, 2015 by Rayna Diane Hennen

What turns out to be some years ago now, I created a winter wreath. I wanted it to last for more than just the holidays both for frugality and because I lived in a little one bedroom with my boyfriend and there was no room for storage. Even though I now live in a slightly larger two bedroom, I still store my Christmas decorations at my mom’s! Ironically while dealing

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Experiments in creativity and cringe. Join me!

I love contrast, like flowers against something ma I love contrast, like flowers against something manmade. This image of a fence post with golden yellow flowers  was taken in Ennis, Montana along a dirt road. 

#flowerphotography #chamisa #rubberrabbitbrush
Lunch is served! 😄 I like how it turned out. Look Lunch is served! 😄  I like how it turned out. Looks pretty much how I thought it would, which is a moment to celebrate because so many times, especially when you're learning , things don't always turn out the way you want them to.

Also, I apparently associate summer with picnics and ants, even though I honestly don't picnic very much. In the second photo, is a very early art journal picnic spread. The blanket is made with the squares from a knitting magazine and other magazine clippings.

#mixedmedia #artjournaling
Newsletter creativity and cringe Our strengths ca Newsletter creativity and cringe

Our strengths can also be our weaknesses. One of those things about me that is both annoying and awesome is I'm pretty honest about stuff. Like whatever I'm going through or sitting and listening to what someone else is going through, I mean, I've had some heavy conversations over a beer with strangers in a bar. 🤷‍♀️ When you're not up for that I'm sure it's like oh God here comes rayna hide!!

So here's the thing. This – this art sharing stuff – is really hard for me. Scientifically speaking, your brain can't actually tell the difference between a lion and a paint brush (cool cool.) so I thought I'd just break the ice and own how cringey I feel about it 🤣  and also my brain: 🦁 😱

And then a number of you are friends which is actually harder to share with than strangers – truth! and not uncommon for people to feel that way – but also – 'preciate ya! as they say in football.

On that note, please join me further on my journey of creativity and cringe (and my love of alliteration) by signing up for my monthly newsletter. And hopefully, later on, we can look back together and be like, wow, yeah, you've come a long way! I can't believe you shared that early stuff... 😬🤞

Sometimes they’ll be a little “heavier”, some will be a little lighter. Look – I have no idea where this is going so be sure to bring snax. 🍿 🍫

Link in the bye-oh as one of my fave authors likes to say. K bye! 👋

#creativityandcringe
on occasion, i go completely out of my usual type on occasion, i go completely out of my usual type of art and create these graphic pages. i do remember doodling stuff like this on the inside of my binders in jhs and hs.
The transition to fall can be a bit of a let down The transition to fall can be a bit of a let down after a summer full of blooms but I truly love little bits of decay as things start to break down. 

#fallfloral #atouchofdecay #floraldecay #falltakeshold
There is a beautiful campground in VT - Silverlake There is a beautiful campground in VT - Silverlake State Campground. The campsites are all tucked into the actual shape of the land instead of rows of campsites next to each other.

If you get up early-ish, the fog sits on the lake (second image) and creates some dreamy but sort of eerie images. 

#purpleaster #aster #floralphotography
This is another "assignment" from a year long cour This is another "assignment" from a year long course.
Welcome to September! Can you believe this: In t Welcome to September! 

Can you believe this: In the year 1752, the British Empire skipped 11 days of September, between the 2nd and 14th. 😄  It was due to changing the calendar to a new system but yeah, who needs those days!

Also, September 17th, 1787 was the day that the US Constitution was adopted. 📜 💜
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